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xo-cli

License

Basic CLI for Xen-Orchestra

Install

Installation of the npm package:

> npm install --global xo-cli

Usage

> xo-cli --help
Usage:

  xo-cli --register [--allowUnauthorized] [--expiresIn duration] <XO-Server URL> <username> [<password>]
    Registers the XO instance to use.

    --allowUnauthorized, --au
      Accept invalid certificate (e.g. self-signed).

    --expiresIn duration
      Can be used to change the validity duration of the
      authorization token (default: one month).

  xo-cli --unregister
    Remove stored credentials.

  xo-cli --list-commands [--json] [<pattern>]...
    Returns the list of available commands on the current XO instance.

    The patterns can be used to filter on command names.

  xo-cli --list-objects [--<property>]… [<property>=<value>]...
    Returns a list of XO objects.

    --<property>
      Restricts displayed properties to those listed.

    <property>=<value>
      Restricted displayed objects to those matching the patterns.

  xo-cli <command> [<name>=<value>]...
    Executes a command on the current XO instance.

Register your XO instance

> xo-cli --register http://xo.my-company.net admin@admin.net admin
Successfully logged with admin@admin.net

Note: only a token will be saved in the configuration file.

List available objects

Prints all objects:

> xo-cli --list-objects

It is possible to filter on object properties, for instance to prints all VM templates:

> xo-cli --list-objects type=VM-template

List available commands

> xo-cli --list-commands

Commands can be filtered using patterns:

> xo-cli --list-commands '{user,group}.*'

Execute a command

The same syntax is used for all commands: xo-cli <command> <param name>=<value>...

E.g., adding a new server:

> xo-cli server.add host=my.server.net username=root password=secret-password
42

The return value is the identifier of this new server in XO.

Because command lines are usually untyped, parameters (except true and false which are considered as booleans) are assumed as strings by default, other types must be encoded as JSON and prefixed by json::

> xo-cli method string=foo number=json:42 array=json:'["item1", "item2"]'

Configuration export

> xo-cli xo.exportConfig @=config.json

VM export

> xo-cli vm.export vm=a01667e0-8e29-49fc-a550-17be4226783c @=vm.xva

XVA VM import

> xo-cli vm.import sr=60a6939e-8b0a-4352-9954-5bde44bcdf7d @=vm.xva

Note: xo-cli only supports the import of XVA files. It will not import OVA files.

OVA VM import

A separate utility, xo-upload-ova, can be used to import .ova files.

Contributions

Contributions are very welcomed, either on the documentation or on the code.

You may:

report any issue you've encountered;
fork and create a pull request.

Usage no npm install needed!